Taping-machine



y H. C. JARvls.

TAPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IULY 10,-I9I9.

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TAPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED .luLv 1o. |919.

Patenti-:d 065.121.920.

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HERBERT C. JABVIS. OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

T APINfG-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. i2, 19.20.

Application filled July 10, 1519. SeralNo. 369,932.

To afl ywiwi/a it may concern Be it known that I, HERBERT r-IERRIMAN Janvrs, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, Province ofOntario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Taping-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for securing in condition for handling rolls of material such as wall paper, and my object is to devise apparatus by means of which an operator can rapidly and securely apply to the roll one or more encircling bands of adhesive material. A further object 1s to provide in connection with the apparatus means for applying any given marks to the roll during the taping operation, and means for lcounting the number of rolls taped.

I attain my object by means of the constructions hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is a plan view, partly broken away, of my improved machine;

F ig. 2 a side elevation of the same, part ofthe frame work being broken away;

Fig. 3 a front elevation of the machme, part of the frame work being broken away; and f F ig. L a side elevation of parts of the machine illustrating more particularly the marking and cutting mechanism.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different gures.

l is the frame of the machine suitably shaped to support the different parts. 0n this frame work one or more roll supports 2- are carried extending in a direction from These roll supports do not require to be substantially wider than the adhesive tapes to be applied to the rolls. In front of each roll support is located a tape cutter 3 preferably of the toothed form shown, the cutter projecting above the level of the roll support, which preferably curves up toward the cutter as shown.

In front of each tape cutter and at a lower level than the roll support is located a rolling table 4. These rolling tables need not be any wider than the roll supports, though a continuous table extending from side to side of the machine would answer the purposes of my invention.

The adhesive tapes are carried on the reels 5 suitably journaled on brackets 6 at the rear of the machine. Between the reels and the roll supports are located the moistening devices, one for each machine. Vhile I use the term moisteningl devices, it will be understood that these devices might either be used to apply water to a previously gummed tape, or to apply gum or paste to a alain tape or band of paper.

Each moistener comprises a fountain tank 7 communicating through an opening 8 with a sponge holding tank 9. On each moistening device is j ournaled a pair of idler rollers l() around which the tape is led, between the two rollers passing over and in Contact with the sponge in the sponge holding tank. From the rearmost roller l0 each tape passes over and along one of the roll supports 2. Each roll support is provided with means for preventing backward movement of the tape on the support. A lever ll pivoted on the side of the support and provided with an arm 12, preferably serrated, and adapted to engage over the top of the support, will answer the purposes of my invention. While gravity will frequently be sufiicient to insure the proper operation of the device, I prefer to provide a coil spring 13 tending to hold the arm 12 in contact with the tape passing over the support. wardly from its pivot, the tape readily pulls underneath the'arm l2, but will be securely held from moving backward. This device is of importance when a tape .is severed at the tape cutter 3 as hereinafter described.

The mode of using the apparatus is substantially as follows: A roll, of wall paper for instance, is placed on the .rolling table il. It is then-lifted to a position just behind the tape cutters 3 on the roll supports 2. It here contacts with the moistening tapes, the ends of which have been left lying just behind the tape cutters as the result of the previous operation. The roll is then rolled toward the rear of the machine and the tapes are wrapped around the roll. The next movement is to draw back the roll over the supports, which results in drawing a fresh length of tape from each of the reels 5. The roll is again dropped on to the rolling tables and a rolling movement is imparted to it on the rolling tables. This causes the severance of the tapes by the tape cutters and the The lever llbeing inclined rearfinal rolling down of the out oil' portions o1 tapes on the roll of paper. The operation is then complete.

It is important, however, to mark each roll with certain data and also preferable to leep count orp the number of rolls turned out by the machine. l therefore provide the attachments l will now describe. 14 is the marker, which is suitably supported between two oi' the roll supports. rl`he marker may Vbe or' any ordinary type provided usually with rubber type. Hinged at the back of the marker is a lever 15 inserted in which is an inlring pad 16. Normally this lever lies with the pad in Contact with the type or the marker. The lever is provided with an up wardly inclined end 1'? which lies in the path of a roll being rolled along the roll supports. llt its hinge end is provided a stop or shoulder 18 with which the rear end or' the lever 15 contacts to limit its rearward swing. A roll of paper being rolled alongthe roll supports will thus engage the end 17 and lift the lever to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. el, permitting the roll to roll over the top oi the marker and thus become marked. he lever 15 when raised serves as a stop to limit the extent to which the roll may be rolled along the roll supports, so that each roll will piel; up the necessary length of tape and no more. VV hen the roll is. drawn bach, the lever drops to its normal position ano re-inlrs the type of the marker.

The counter 19 may be of any ordinary type. For instance, a Veeder counter is satisfactory for my purposes. This counter is provided with a pivoted trip 20 which lies at an inclination to the path of a roll being rolled along the supports 2, so that the trip is* depressed by the roll and thus actuates the counter.

To properly position the rolls, relative to the tapes, transversely of the machine, I provide an end stop and guide 21 against which one end of a roll will lie when being taped. r:[his end stop is secured to and projects above vone end roll support 2 andthe table l in front thereof.

What l claim as my invention is 1. A taping machine for rolls comprising roll support; and means for preventingl backward movement oi" the tape on the support.

tially set l'orth in claim 1 provided with an end stop and guide Jier the rolls parallel to the roll support which determines the posnion ol the roll to t ie tape transversely of the apparatus.

A taping machine for rolls comprising a roll support on which an adhesive tape may lie and along which it may be drawn; a 'tape cutting blade at the forward end of the support projecting above the level or" the support; a roll marker supported with its upper 'face inmarliing position relative to the level oi the surface or the roll support; a lever arm carrying an inlring pad normally contacting with the marker race; land an upwardly inclined end on the lever beneath which the roll'may pass to lift the pad from the marker and permit the roll to Contact therewith.

5. A taping machine `for rolls comprising a plurality ot roll supports on which adhesive tapes may .lie and along which the roll may be drawn; a tape cutting blade for each support projecting above the level of the support; a rolling table in front ol said supports; an end stop and guide for the rolls parallel to the supports; and means lor preventing backward movement of the tapes on the supports.

Signed at Toronto this 18th day of June7 1919.

HERBERT C. JAR-V 1S.

Witnesses:

SYLVIA Molxirnroi, VVILDA STARK.

3. A taping machine constructed substan- Y 

